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EDWARD W. ALLEIGH, OF MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA.

MACHINE FOR ORNAMENTING WOOD, 84C.

s'PEoIFIoATIoN forming part of Letters Patent No. 400,625, dated Aprn 2, 1889.

Application filed August 7, 1888.

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD W. ALLEIGH, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Minneapolis, county of Hennepin, and State of Minnesota, have invented new and useful Improvements in Machines for Ornamenting Wood yand other Compressible Material, of which the4 following is a specification, reference being had to the annexed drawings, illustrating the invention, in Which- Figure l, Sheet 1, is a perspective representation of a machine for ornamenting Wood in which is embodied my invention; Fig. 2, an elevation of the rear portion of Fig. l, showing the gearing; Fig. 3, Sheet'), a vertical sectional elevation of Fig. 1, or so much thereof as to include its upper portionand aportion ofthe feed-roller on line ac, including the die. Fig. 4 is a horizontal section of Fig. l on line e', looking down.

The purpose of the present invention is to provide better means for imprinting on wood or other compressible material with rollerdies; and its nature will be better understood by reference to the following description.

A represents a strong cast-iron bed portion to the machine, and B B represent standards,

which are cast solid to the bed, and also made rigid to a projecting portion, X, (more clearly shown at Fig.'3,) to serve as a support and housing for the gearing b c. The inner sides of the standards B By are provided with grooves, in which ribsK K on the supporting portion Q of an arm, C, -have avertical reciprocating movement. The means to attain this movement consist of a screw, I, on which is placed a gear-wheel, c, with a .screw-thread formed through it to engage the screw I, and further consist of a gear, b, smaller than gear c, and pivoted to the' portion X, so as to be turned by a forked lever, F. The opposite end of arm C from Q is provided with adepending portion, D, whereby the shaft E, which supports the die Y, has bearings in the portions Q D and the die has suicient space above to turn.

The bed A is provided with a table, D, on

,which the material to beimprinted is placed,

and projecting a little above said table and lying in it is'a feed-roller, G, Figs. l and 3, which carries the material to turn the rollerdie to make the imprint.

Any suitable gearing may be employed to drive roller. G; but because considerable power is required and accuracy is necessary I employ as most suitable a drive-Wheel, V',

bed A.

On shaft Z is al gear, V, which 'meshes into a gear, W, the latter gear being afIiXed to the same shaft as the feed-roller G, so that when the wheel V is driven at the proper speed the material, Q to be imprinted will be properly fed to the die Y, which at Fig. 3 is partly 'shown in elevation and partly in section, and

in position for use.

A machine constructed as herein shown and described has been in practical operation for some months, and it is found that the standards B B, cast solid tothe bed A and rigidly secured at their top portions by the support X, in connection with the arm C, provided with the depending guide portion Q and the depending portion D, providea better support for the shaft E and die Ythan machines of any other construction, and that the support X andV gearing b c therein is very desirable means for regulating the height of the arm C in its adjustment to bring the die Y properly to the wood, Q.

I claim and desire to secu re by Letters Patent of the United States* In machines for ornamenting wood, the arm C, provided with the depending guide Q, carrying the ribs K K and the depending portion D, and each depending portion provided with a bearing for the shaftE and the dieY thereon, in combination with bedAand standards B B at the sides of the guide portion Q, with grooves therein to engage the ribs K, the table D', and roller G, projecting through it, the screwl, gears b c, and lever F, as and for the purpose specified.

EDWARD W. ALLEIGH.

Witnesses:

G. L. CHAPIN, S. L. DAvIs.

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